Mechanical cashier.



PATBNTBD SEPT. 22, 1903. I. s. DEMENT & P. J. HULL. MECHANICAL CASHIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1902.

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. v UNITED Patented September 22," 1903.

PATE T OFFICE.

ISAAC s. DEMENT, OFQEAST ORANGE,

.NEW. JERSEY, AND nosrnn J. HULL,

OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

AMERICAN MECHANICAL JERSEY.

OASHlERj COMPANY, A CORPORATION on NEW MECHANICAL'CA'Sl-I IER.

A SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 739,481, datedSeptember 22, 1903.

Application filed March 20, 1902. Scria1N0.99,133| (N0 modelil To allwhom, it may concern: Be it known that we, IsAAo S. DEMENT, re-.sidingat East Orange, in the county of Es sex and State of New Jersey,and Fos'TER'J.

HULL, residing at Brooklyn, inthe county of. Kings and State of NewYork, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Mechanical Cashiers, of which the following is aspecification. This invention relates to improvements in means forunloading or emptying the money from the cash-receptacles of mechanicalcashiers. At certain times, for example, after a days operation of thecashier it is necessary or desirable to discharge all the money in themachine, preferably into the cash-drawer, so.

as to facilitate accounting and enable the money to be kept safely. Thishas hitherto been effected by operating the usualcash-dis- 2o chargingdevices repeatedly and in succes-, sion, so as to discharge onecash-receptacle after another. To expedite this operation, we provideaccording to our present inventiona device that engages with thecash-re- 2 5 ceptacles or their discharging means to discharge themoney'from a plurality of such receptacles simultaneously.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of thecash-receptacles and with Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sectional viewsshowing the unlocking device in normal and in operated position,respectively.

We have herein shown only so much of the 5 mechanical cashier as isinvolved in the operation of our present improvement. A plurality ofcash-receptacles 2 in the form of cash-wheels having cash-receivingpockets 2 are arranged side by side on a fixed shaft 3,

mounted in the machine-frame 1. A plurality of controller-levers 5 areadapted to rotate these cash-wheels step by'step or one step at a timeby engagement of the. fingers or latches 5 of said levers with the wallsof flanges2 of the cash-wheels. Locking bolts or dogs 6 are provided forthe respective cashwheels engaging with said flanges 2" and withdrawn bythe tripping-hook 7 on comtroller-lever 5.

Controller-lever 5 is returned to normal position ,by a spring 9, actingthrough a connection consisting of link 10 and lever 12, and suitablesprings arelpro: vided to return the latch 5, dog 6, andtripping-hook 7to normal position, allas shown and described in our application, SerialNo. 77,474, filed October 3, 1901. This controllerlever is moved by theoperator at each insertion of cash in the wheel and serves to turn thewheel back one step to withdraw the deposited cash behind the shield orcover 11 This shield or cover extends around the wheel from the front orcharging opening m troller-links 10 are pivoted, said bar being,

for example, arranged to slide in vertical guides 13 in the frame 1.This bar is connected by pivoted strap or connecting-link 14. with a camor eccentric 15,011 a shaft 16, journaled in the machine-frame andprovided with a handle 16, preferably removable. To make up for slightdifferences of position in the several levers 12, we provide pins 17,sliding in guides in bar 13 and pressed upward by springs 17 so that thebar 13 may be given a sufficient stroke to give the movement'to eachlever 12, link 10, and lever 5 to operate the correspondingcontroller-wheel one step without overstraining any of the parts.

When it is desired to unload the machine or as many of thecash-receptacles as are involved in the above construction, 'the handle16 is turned repeatedly, and at each rotation the bar 13 is reciprocatedand causes the controller-levers 5 to unlock and turn the cashwheelsstep by step or one'step at a time until all the filled pockets havebeen moved back over the discharge-point g], the cash falling from suchpockets by gravity as the pockets reach this point or, in the case ofbills, being ejected by suitable means. i

Having thus described our invention, the following is what We claim asnew therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination withaplurality of cashreceptacles movable intocash-discharging position, of means for moving the receptaclesindividually from cash-receiving to cash-discharging position, and meansfor controlling the individual means to simultaneously move thereceptacles in a direction from the cashreceiving position to thecash-discharging position.

2. .The combination with aplurality of cashreceptacles adapted toreceive cash and movable into cash-discharging position, of means formoving the receptacles individually to cash-discharging position, andmeans for simultaneously controlling all the individual means tocollectively move the receptacles in a direction from the cash-receivingposition to a discharging position other than the cashreceivingposition.

3. The combination withapluralityofcashreceptacles adapted to receivecash and discharge change, of means for individually operating thecash'receptacles, and means for controlling the individual means tosimultaneously progress all the receptacles to a cashdischargingposition other than the changedischarging position.

4. Thecombination withapluralityot'cashreceptacles adapted to receivecash, of means for discharging cash from each of the receptaclesindividually, and means for controlling the individual means tosimultaneously move, step by step, all the receptacles to a dischargingposition other than the cash-receiving position.

- 5. The combination with a plurality of rotary cash-receptacles,provided with pockets adapted to receive cash and niovable to bring thepockets successively to a cash-discharg-""-' ing position, of means forindividually operating the receptacles and means for controllingtheindividual means to collectively move the receptacles in a directionfrom the cashreceiving position to the cash-discharging position.

6. The combination with a plurality of rotary cash-receptacles providedwith pockets adapted to receive cash, of means for individuallyoperating said receptacles to bring their pockets successively todischarging position, a movable bar adapted to engage all the individualoperating devices to collectively move the receptacles in a directionfrom the cash-receiving position to the cashdischarging position andmeans for reciproeating said bar.

7. The combination with a plurality of to tary cash-receptacles providedwith pockets adapted to receive cash, of means for individuallyoperating said receptacles to bring their pockets successively todischarging position, a movable bar adapted to engage all the individualoperating devices, an operating-shaft, and cams on said shaftoperatively connected to the movable bar.

8. The combination with a plurality of rotary cash-receptacles providedwith pockets, of means for individually operating said receptacles stepby step to bring their pockets successively to discharging position, anda movable bar provided with spring-supported pins adapted to engage allthe individual operating devices, and means for reciprocating 80 saidbar.

ISAAC S. DEMENT. FOSTER J. HULL. Witnesses:

O. N. FAIRCHILD, NELSON FAIRCI-IILD.

